James Foley, director of films like the Fifty Shades of Grey sequels and 1992's Glengarry Glen Ross, has died at age 71. The Brooklyn-born director, who worked with stars ranging from Sean Penn and Madonna to Al Pacino and Halle Berry,

James Foley, a director best known for his work on Glengarry Glen Ross and the Fifty Shades Of Grey sequels, has died, reports TheWrap. The director had been privately living with brain cancer for the past year and died peacefully in his sleep this week. Foley was 71 years old.

James Foley, a journeyman director best known for “Glengarry Glen Ross,” has died. He was 71. He died earlier this week after a yearlong battle with brain cancer, his representative, Taylor Lomax, said Friday.